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- the secondary heat exchanger 20 comprises a pair of secondary collector boxes 21, 22 assembled with secondary header plates 23, 24 to form a secondary manifold for the secondary medium (e.g. refrigerant).
- the secondary medium e.g. refrigerant
- the extent of the overlapping of the tubes 15, 25 by the header plates 13, 14, 23, 24 may vary.
- the secondary header 23 plate overlaps the primary tubes 15, so that the overlapping area is located between the edge of the primary tube 15 which faces the secondary header plate 23 and the main axis thereof.
- the main axis of the tubes 15, 25 may be defined as the centre line of the fluid conduit. Further overlap is of course also possible.
- the primary header 13 overlaps the secondary tubes 25 analogously.
- the frame 30 may serve as the individual support for each of the heat exchangers 10, 20.
- the frame 30 may be configured to serve as a support for the primary heat exchanger 10 only, the secondary heat exchanger 20 being fixed to the primary heat exchanger 10.
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Description
- The invention relates to a cooling assembly, in particular to a cooling assembly for a motor vehicle.
- Heat exchangers in motor vehicles are usually responsible for thermal management of the powertrain, the air conditioning system, the power steering system, or others. This pertains to, for example, internal combustion vehicles and electric vehicles, wherein heat management may affect emission levels, fuel or energy consumption, driving range, etc.
- Heat exchangers these days may be made of metal components, such as aluminum, assembled with synthetic components, such as plastic. The sub-components responsible for heat exchange, such as a heat exchanger core comprising tubes assembled with headers, are usually made of metal, whereas the sub-components responsible for delivering or collecting the media, such as tanks, may be made of a synthetic material.
- There is an increased interest in reducing the size of particular sub-components of motor vehicles. On the other hand, reducing the size of, for example, heat exchangers, may impact thermal performance of the whole motor vehicle.
- The size of a heat exchanger may be reduced by implementing specific architectures that provide the same or better efficiency while using a smaller amount of space. As a result, the packaging in the motor vehicle may increase.
- The existing solutions focus mainly on reducing the size of particular sub-components or decreasing the distance between heat exchangers. Usually the headers of at least two heat exchangers are assembled in close vicinity in order to reduce the total dimensions of created module. The manifolds arranged in parallel may however collide either with the tubes, or themselves. Thus, arranging the heat exchangers too close to each other may lead to a collision between them, which may result in noise, vibrations or even system malfunction.
- In view of the problems featured by the state of the art, it would be desirable to create a module comprising at least two heat exchangers, which would mitigate a risk of collision between them, significantly reduce dimensions of the module and be easy to apply.
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US 2015/047808 A1 discloses a cooling assembly according to the preamble ofclaim 1. - The object of the invention as defined in
claim 1 is a cooling assembly, in particular for a motor vehicle, the cooling assembly comprising: a primary heat exchanger comprising a pair of primary collector boxes, the primary collector boxes with primary header plates, the primary header plates being of essentially rectangular shape; a plurality of primary tubes stacked between the primary header plates; a secondary heat exchanger comprising a pair of secondary collector boxes with secondary header plates being of essentially rectangular shape; a plurality of secondary tubes stacked between the secondary collector boxes, wherein the primary heat exchanger and the secondary heat exchanger are arranged in parallel, perpendicularly to each other so that the secondary header plates of the secondary heat exchanger at least partially overlap the stack of the primary tubes of the primary heat exchanger. - Preferably, the width of the primary header plates is bigger than the width of the secondary header plates.
- Preferably, the width of the secondary header plates is equal to the width of the primary header plates.
- Preferably, the width of the secondary header plates is greater than the width of the primary header plates.
- Preferably, the distance between the stack of the primary tubes and the stack of the secondary tubes of the adjacent heat exchangers is smaller than the distance between the longer side of the secondary header tank and the longer side of the secondary tube, from the side which faces the primary tubes.
- The secondary collector boxes comprise a plurality of protruding clips, and the primary collector boxes comprise a plurality of slots configured to receive said clips so that the heat exchangers are immobilized with respect to each other.
- The clips and slots are deployed on the corner portions of the heat exchangers.
- The collector boxes comprise shoulders protruding in a longitudinal direction from the terminal ends thereof, configured to accommodate the clips and slots respectively.
- Preferably, the cooling assembly comprises a frame configured to support at least one heat exchanger.
- Preferably, the frame forms a screen for protecting the collector boxes and the header plates, the screen being in form of at least one wall parallel to the plane delimited by the stack of tubes and overlapping at least one tank of any heat exchanger. Preferably, the cooling assembly further comprises a tertiary heat exchanger, the tertiary heat exchanger comprising tertiary header plates, the tertiary header plates being parallel to the primary header plates.
- Examples of the invention will be apparent from and described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
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Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a cooling assembly; -
Fig. 2 shows a partial cross-section of the cooling assembly; -
Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of a detachable locking means of the cooling assembly; -
Fig. 4 shows a perspective view of a cooling assembly comprising a frame. - The heat exchangers are usually assembled onto the front-end of the vehicle not only as the as a standalone heat exchange units, but also as the assembly of two or more heat exchangers. Installing the assemblies comprising several heat exchangers instead of one after the other is advantageous in terms of production feasibility, cost reduction, packaging, etc.
- The assembly of heat exchangers may be further referred to as the
cooling assembly 1. The invention may concern various types of heat exchangers, for example radiators, condensers, charge air coolers, or others. -
Fig. 1 shows acooling assembly 1 comprising aprimary heat exchanger 10 assembled with asecondary heat exchanger 20. For example, the primary heat exchanger may be adapted for a coolant loop and thesecondary heat exchanger 20 may be adapted for refrigerant loop. - The
primary heat exchanger 10 comprises a pair ofprimary collector boxes primary header plates - The
primary collector boxes primary heat exchanger 10. Bothcollector boxes primary header plates primary tubes 15 stacked one after the other for heat exchange. The shape of theprimary collector boxes Fig.1 ensures a homogenous distribution of heat exchange fluid, yet other shapes of theprimary collector boxes primary heat exchanger 10 is also envisaged. - The
primary header plates header plates primary header plates primary header plates collector boxes primary header plates primary collector boxes - The
primary heat exchanger 10 further comprises a plurality ofprimary tubes 15 deployed in parallel to each other between theprimary header plates tubes 30 comprise open ends received in theprimary header plates - The
primary tubes 15 may be made of a folded sheet of metal. Alternatively, theprimary tubes 15 can be extruded. Thetubes 15 may be interlaced with heat dispersion portions, commonly known as fins. - The
secondary heat exchanger 20 comprises a pair ofsecondary collector boxes secondary header plates - The
secondary collector boxes secondary heat exchanger 20. Alternatively, a reversed flow through thesecondary heat exchanger 20 is allowed. Bothcollector boxes secondary header plates secondary collector boxes Fig.1 ensures a homogenous distribution of secondary medium, yet other shapes of thesecondary collector boxes - The
secondary header plates primary header plates secondary header plates secondary header plates secondary collector boxes secondary header plates secondary collector boxes - The
secondary heat exchanger 20 further comprises a plurality ofsecondary tubes 25 deployed in parallel to each other between thesecondary header plates secondary tubes 25 comprise open ends received in thesecondary header plates secondary tubes 25 may be produced out of the same material and during the same process as theprimary tubes 15, however, its shape and size may be different. Similarly to theprimary tubes 15, thesecondary tubes 25 may be interlaced with fins. - Depending on the architecture, the
secondary heat exchanger 20 may further comprise a bottle (not shown) fixed to one of thecollector boxes collector boxes - The heat exchangers form a
cooling assembly 1 in which theprimary heat exchanger 10 and thesecondary heat exchanger 20 are arranged in parallel, perpendicularly to each other, so that thesecondary header plates secondary heat exchanger 20 at least partially overlap the stack ofprimary tubes 15 of theprimary heat exchanger 10, as shown inFig. 1 , when viewed along the main axes of thesecondary tubes 25. What is meant here by term "perpendicularly" is that the main axes of the tubes of the respective neighbouring heat exchangers are perpendicular to each other, and so are the header plates thereof. In this way, the space of the whole assembly can be reduced, as the distance between heat exchangers is minimized. -
Fig. 2 shows a detailed arrangement of thesecondary heat exchanger 20 with respect to theprimary heat exchanger 10. The partial cross-section shows that theprimary header plate 13 is arranged perpendicularly with respect to thesecondary header plate 23. Consequently, theprimary collector box 11 is arranged perpendicularly with respect to thesecondary collector box 21. With respect to thetubes secondary tubes 25 is also arranged perpendicularly with respect to the stack ofprimary tubes 15. In other words, at least twoheat exchangers - Depending on the
heat exchanger assembly 1 architecture, thesecondary heat exchanger 20 may comprise thesecondary header plate 23, which is shorter than theprimary tubes 15 of theprimary heat exchanger 10. As the result, thesecondary header plate 23 may at least partially overlap the stack ofprimary tubes 15. In particular, the outline ofsecondary header plates primary tubes 15, when viewed along the axes of thesecondary tubes 25. Analogically to the previous example, the outline which at least partially overlaps the stack of thesecondary tubes 25 may be defined by the faces of theprimary header plates secondary tubes 25. As a consequence, theprimary header plate secondary tubes 25. Each of theheat exchangers header plates tubes header plates Fig. 2 , the width of theprimary heat exchanger 10 is further referred to as (A) and the width of thesecondary heat exchanger 20 is further referred to as (B). - As further shown in
Fig. 2 , the extent of the overlapping of thetubes header plates secondary header 23 plate overlaps theprimary tubes 15, so that the overlapping area is located between the edge of theprimary tube 15 which faces thesecondary header plate 23 and the main axis thereof. The main axis of thetubes primary header 13 overlaps thesecondary tubes 25 analogously. - As previously mentioned, the width of the
header plates heat exchange assembly 1. For example,primary header plates secondary header plates secondary header plates primary header plates secondary header plates primary header plates - Furthermore, the distance between the stack of the
primary tubes 15 and the stack of thesecondary tubes 25 of theadjacent heat exchangers secondary header tank secondary tube 25, from the side which faces theprimary tubes 15. -
Fig. 3 shows an example of forming acooling assembly 1 using neighbouringheat exchangers cooling assembly 1, theprimary heat exchanger 10 may be fixed to thesecondary heat exchanger 20 permanently or by the means of detachable locking means. Theheat exchanger secondary collector boxes clips 31, and theprimary collector boxes slots 32 configured to receive saidclips 31, so that theheat exchangers secondary collector boxes slots 32 and theprimary collector boxes clips 31, configured to be introduced into saidslots 32, so that theheat exchangers slots 32 may be integrated with thecorresponding collector boxes clips 31 andslots 32 may be made of the synthetic material, preferably having the same properties as sub-component to which they are fixed. Alternatively, one could use other types of detachable locking means, for example, bolts, screws, or others. - The
clip 31 may be arranged perpendicularly with respect to the longer side of thecollector boxes clip 31 may be arranged parallel or at an angle with respect to the longer side of thecollector boxes - The
clips 31 and theslots 32 may be deployed on the corner portions of theheat exchangers primary heat exchanger 10 and/or thesecondary heat exchanger 20 may be defined as an area in the vicinity of the terminal end of theprimary collector boxes secondary collector boxes heat exchanger clips 31 and theslots 32 in the area between the corner portions of therespective collector boxes heat exchanger shoulder 26 which is configured to serve as an extension of thecollector boxes shoulders 26 enable fixing the detachable locking means such asclips 31 andslots 32 beyond the vicinity of thecollector boxes shoulders 26 may further enable offsetting theclips 31 or theslots 32 in any direction of thecollector boxes clip 31 may be offset with respect to thecollector box -
Fig. 4 shows the coolingassembly 1 comprising aframe 30 configured to serve as a support forheat exchangers frame 30 is adapted to the shape and size of theheat exchangers whole cooling assembly 1 by means of frame walls perpendicular to the plane delimited by the stack of thetubes collector box heat exchanger frame 30 is preferably made of the synthetic material, which can withstand the vibrations, temperature differences and mechanical stress. - The
frame 30 may serve as the individual support for each of theheat exchangers frame 30 may be configured to serve as a support for theprimary heat exchanger 10 only, thesecondary heat exchanger 20 being fixed to theprimary heat exchanger 10. - The cooling
assembly 1 may comprise several (more than two) heat exchangers. For example, the coolingassembly 1 may further comprise atertiary heat exchanger 90. Thesecondary heat exchanger 20 may be located in-between theprimary heat exchanger 10 thetertiary heat exchanger 30, but other configurations of theheat exchangers - If the cooling
assembly 1 further comprises a condenser as one of theheat exchangers frame 30 may comprise a bottle support (not shown). The bottle support may further comprise a spring portion (not shown) for minimizing the mobility of theheat exchanger frame 30. - The subject-matter of an invention aims to solve the problem of, inter alia, packaging in motor vehicle. The specific arrangement of the heat exchangers enables to reduce the distance between their cores without a risk of collision of the sub-components of the heat exchangers. The invention further allows to reduce the weight of the vehicle, as the module requires less material to form fixing points not only between the module and the vehicle, but also between the heat exchangers forming this module. Contrary to the prior art, the module ensures no interference between the inlets and the outlets of respective heat exchangers. Further it allows to form a module with or without the outer frame, which allows to reduce the weight, or to improve the module mechanical resistance, if needed.
- Other variations to the disclosed embodiments can be understood and effected by those skilled in the art within the scope of the appended claims.
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- A cooling assembly (1), in particular for a motor vehicle, the cooling assembly (1) comprising:- a primary heat exchanger (10) comprising a pair of primary collector boxes (11, 12), the primary collector boxes (11, 12) with primary header plates (13, 14), the primary header plates (13, 14) being of essentially rectangular shape; a plurality of primary tubes (15) stacked between the primary header plates (13, 14),- a secondary heat exchanger (20) comprising a pair of secondary collector boxes (21, 22) with secondary header plates (23, 24) being of essentially rectangular shape; a plurality of secondary tubes (25) stacked between the secondary collector boxes (21, 22),the primary heat exchanger (10) and the secondary heat exchanger (20) being arranged in parallel, perpendicularly to each other so that the secondary header plates (23, 24) of the secondary heat exchanger (20) at least partially overlap the stack of the primary tubes (15) of the primary heat exchanger (10),characterized in that the secondary collector boxes (21, 22) comprise a plurality of protruding clips (31), and the primary collector boxes (11,12) comprise a plurality of slots (32) configured to receive said clips (31) so that the heat exchangers (10, 20) are immobilized with respect to each other, the clips (31) and slots (32) being deployed on the corner portions of the heat exchangers (10, 20) and the collector boxes (11, 12, 21, 22) comprising shoulders (26) protruding in a longitudinal direction from the terminal ends thereof, configured to accommodate the clips (31) and slots (32) respectively.
- The cooling assembly (1) according to claim 1, wherein the width of the primary header plates (13, 14) is bigger than the width of the secondary header plates (23, 24).
- The cooling assembly (1) according to claim 1, wherein the width of the secondary header plates (23, 24) is equal to the width of the primary header plates (13, 14).
- The cooling assembly (1) according to claim 1, wherein the width of the secondary header plates (23, 24) is greater than the width of the primary header plates (13, 14).
- The cooling assembly (1) according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the distance between the stack of the primary tubes (15) and the stack of the secondary tubes (25) of the adjacent heat exchangers (10, 20) is smaller than the distance between the longer side of the secondary header tank (23, 24) and the longer side of the secondary tube (25), from the side which faces the primary tubes (15).
- The cooling assembly (1) according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the cooling assembly 1 comprises a frame (30) configured to support at least one heat exchanger (10, 20).
- The cooling assembly (1) according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the frame (30) forms a screen for protecting the collector boxes (11, 12, 21, 22) and the header plates (13, 14, 23, 24), the screen being in form of at least one wall parallel to the plane delimited by the stack of tubes (13,23) and overlapping at least one tank of any heat exchanger (10, 20, 30).
- The cooling assembly (1) according to any of the preceding claims comprising a tertiary heat exchanger (90), the tertiary heat exchanger (90) comprising tertiary header plates, the tertiary header plates being parallel to the primary header plates (13,14).
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